Chalice with a representation of a boy and a girl with an open bird cage, Vaulted, hollow base of silver, with lobed edge, engraved in neo-rococo motifs. Half of the stem is also made of silver with a button engraved with tendrils. The glass part of the trunk is baluster-shaped and facet-cut. Conical chalice rounded at the bottom. In the bowl a boy and a girl on either side of an open bird cage. A bird sits on the cage under a banderolle with the text: AUREA LIBERTAS. Trees on both sides., anonymous, c. 1760 - c. 1780, glass, silver (metal), glassblowing, h cm × d cm, Reimagined by Gi

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Photo credit: © Gibon Art / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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